2n = 88

Loosely caespitose. Culms (10)–20–40–cm. × c. 0.5 mm., glab. or rarely scabrid below infl.; basal sheaths dark brown, shining. Lvs 4–6 per culm, us. > culm, (1)–1.5–2 mm., wide, dark green, margins moderately scabrid. Spikes 5–7 cm. × c. 2 mm., us. bracteate, the bract lf-like and far overtopping spike, or setose and shorter than spike, female fls c. 15–20, ± equidistant in lower part of spike with internodes to 6 mm. long, c. 2 mm. apart above. Glumes < utricles, deciduous, acuminate, hyaline with green midrib. Utricles 4–5 × c. 1mm., trigonous, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong, green, faintly nerved with the lateral nerves more prominent, scarcely spreading when ripe, stipe 1–1.5 mm. long, beak c. 1mm. long.